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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29
WHY WE SURVIVE.

1t is remarkable that so few fatal
cases of sun,troke and prostration
have resulted from the prolonged
and intOlerable heat.
We believe that the preservation
of health snd strength under such
trying circumstances is due mainly
to our consciousness that the three
men upon whom New Workers and
Democrats dote are setting Us q
noble example of duty, well done in
hot weather as in cold, without
durry or excitement, or fear of con-
sequences.
The President is taking things
co0lly in some of tie hottest towns
OF our State, making friends fast
with his unconscious manllnese.-
New York Star.
Sacred history teaches US that
men and women in multitudes
sought after Christ not so much to
receive blessings as fron curiosity.
Yet not bal SO "any focked to see
The Saviour of man, the Son of God,
as flock to see Grover Cle,e land
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

any we ever made. Yet in the same
article it Iaua. HIM to the sky, and
puts him down in substance IS the
greatest American statesman, tie
most honest man born of woman.
The New York STIR has done the
same thing time and again. Con
slstency, consistency thou art {"
Jewell. Listen at the Ners a1d
Observer:
The department employing Harvey
p-o3ablY knew nothing wh"tevec o.
the mans politics. The other gov
ernmeut employe also, by the way,
whose accounts were recently found
crooked, was a Republican. He was
another Of the accidental presences
in the depahm, hts under this Dem
ocra.ic administration, 1t is ma
turaEy difficult to weed out the &C
cumulated Republican growth OF
twenty years. The rascals seem to
be going, however, in one way Or
another. They have to go even Ii
they have to take themselves oil.
The President has never failed IN
Ms duty to his party to make them
!o.-NeuS Und Observer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29
SANDERS FOR GOVERN

We are in favor of Col Bill San
ders for governor of North Carolina
He is the sOundest. purest and no
blest Democrat of them all. He
could sweep the State from Cherokee
to Curratuck. Every Democrat in
the State would vote and work for
him and feel honOred in 80 doing.
And as to ability and true states~
manshlp, North Carolina has had no
such governor since Zeb Vance,as he
would make, and we are not sure that
Vance would make go good a gov>
ernOr. He is the best posted man
III the State, He is the sOundest
and grandest Democrat IN the State
that we know, leaving out the wills
minytOn Star and the Charlotte
DemOcrW among our public men.
He would honor North Carolina as
her governor and North Carolina
would honor herself by making HIM
her governor. His ability, honesty,
learning and general qualific atoms
are too we'll known and understood
by all reading men in the State to
require comment from us. In fact
we are not competent to tell of his
true worth merit, and statesmaE~
ship. His name is tower of
strength within itself. He is walk
ing encyclopaedia, and has made one
of the most honest, faithful. 3ure
able officials this State ever had
We are for Col. Bill Sanders.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29
JOHN NICHOLS.

If John Nichols has wron9ed eny
one in the appointment Of his son !"
West Point, it is the friends who
elected him and not the Democratic
party, And why should Democratic
papers be 50 shocked at this appoint
ment. " ben their nerves aye not al
all affected when Democrat APP
points his son, cousin, nepLe" or
other kinsmen or gets some other
Democratic member to appOilt his
son, and then he gets fat place for
he other members son This is too
thin, we have solid grounds to stand
on aud fight the corruptlons of the
Republican party without re5orting
to such things as our own folks have
been guilty Of from time out of mind.
We don't blame Nichols. lie di1
exactly right If no other competent
friend of his desired the place, and
we are not prepared to curse him
even then. A son is right rear to a
father; and political workers ought
| 10 he very near to successful candid
ates. and political partisans oug ut to
be recognized and rewarded instead
# political enemies aud always
have been before the advent of tie
present rulers and controllers of the
Democratic party. Competitive ex
aminations are humbugs, and shall
Nichols son ne declared because his
father has tie appointing power
We have heard of an Instance wher,
two boys stood an examination anC
graded exactly the same and TIE
Congressman from the two appoin:
ed his friend. Is Nichols case any
worse, if so bad Men who live il
glass houses ought not to throw
stones and the rogue ought not &
cry Olt "thief.'
We hope Nichols will never d
any act in his official life to damag
the country any more, than the ap
. pOintment of his son to West Point
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

are more safe. \ feeling of aPpre-
henslon alstnraed the people WINE
'--eI' '"'e' "a = III '''e a''. '.'.'''' ~
-oaas ~ The rato IF fptv mics an
honr. ard the one accllant that
married an otherwise most success
rnl trip was = suggestion oil danger
"'I' III nue. - '.' '. 49, Ia,.,.t. b
l,.. ,tera,,.r 81 -
y SIR.
Wei. we1. well. C,evel7nt the
.copIe', maInst.y: The idea l.
new and ori.inal. l. show to wha,
extent men wo-shianerS can 60 in
heir mad frenzy. There can be
no doub, but the y. \. S.t7 aud pa
,,rs Ike that. consider C.eyelani
rreater than the Son Of Col. Iuev
oe|.rye in him and worship him NOR,
-acre4l. and relc-cntia,lv than they
10 the KING of klnrs and Lurd q.
Lords. LISA new succession an?
new tboucht The fool that said
there was nothing nem under the sun
ought to he now living that he msgaI
discover his folly. Tais grand and
luminous idea never entered Tie
3rAin of the farmers and builders a.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

Miss Viola Meets, daughter Of q
prominent citizen Of Graham county.
was to have been married on Suns
day, the 3rd lost. TO John AmmOns.
ct the same county. The match was
opposed by the father of Miss Meets,
VIII" armed himself on the day of the
proposed wedding, and sw0re that
he would kill AmmOns if he appeared
on his premises. The daughter said
she preferred to marry with her fa-
theirs conse Mt bat would marry Am
mons that day or die. Her father
violently refusing she slipped into
an adjoining room. Her father went
into the loom shortly afterwards and
the daughte was corpse and in her
hand was a vial labeled ''strych~
nine Elk.
Two fools met, q she fool and a he
fool the father for his rash conduct,
the girl for her mad cat. Reason
and common sense will always avail
more than brute force, especially
with rational sensible people. Men
don't drive worth a cent, and man
who thinks be can drive woman
agalnt her will combined with
frenzed love is something more
than fool. Better let them marry
always.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

Colonel WatterSOn, of the Courier
journal, during the first two years
of Mr.. Cleveland's administration,
was a bitter and uncOmpromising
opponent of his policy and did every
thing in his power to make him I'M
popular with the people. But the
people stuck to Cleveland and paid
very little attention to Colonel Wat
telSOn's abuse Of the administration.
Seeing that the mountain would not
come to MahOmet, MahOmet dctcr>
mined to go to the mountain and
Colonel WattereOn has gone over.
bag and baggage, to the admins =
tratlOn ranks, and now wants TO run
the whole machine. What muru-
mental cheek Richmond Whig.
If what the Wing says of Henry
Watterson is so, then that is very
conclusion proof to our mind that
Henry has been tempered With by
Cleveland. If Watterson was ris ht
in his position for the last two wears,
he is wrong now. If he lied in all
he said about Cleveland's Democra~
cy and policy for the last two years,
why may he not lie IN all he can or
may say the next two years? Cleve-
land has fifty thousand positions
yet at his disposal, which ought TO
have been given long since to Dem
ocrats. With these he can buy off
much, very much opposition to his
denomination. The swill tub goes
along ways in qui t.ng tie sq"oal>
ing Of a lot "f hungry hogs. Bat
we are not vet prepared t. hel'r> 9
what the Wing ani "t"rr pei tr, 81 (
claiming i'll resa; t. Wal"r-on #
1t shpul be true tin t &c Ina, >4rkrd
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

At Chicago hotel table young
lady knocked down with a drinking
glass male neighbor who used in
decent language to her.-Ex.
Now if this had been South st n
Southern hotel, some gentleman if
any had been at the table would have
knocked this fellow down and saved
the lady that trouble and inco@v2n,
fence, However we glory il the
spunk Of the lady. She must be of
kin to some Of our wife's kin. Were
we to insult our girl We would q t
knocked down twice. 50 we think
the fellow got Off very light. Don {
you?
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

Secretary Fairchild has dire cted a
searching investigation into the ac-
counts of all disbursing officers OF the
Treasury Department. 10 find out
exactly the standing of disbursing
agents the test of counting the cash
will be adopted.--Ex.
Well this is what we have been
calling for for nearly three years.
This was promised on every stump
in the land between the oceans.
The rascals were to be turned out
and the books opened. Three years
are receeding from view, and the
rascals are not turned out and the
books have not been opened. If
this had been done as promised, no
Bacon and Harvey frauds and
scoundrels wo1ld rise up to curse
the present administrations. Grover
Cleveland aud his cabinet officials
are responsible for these frauds and
stealings. Cleveland retained the
Republican rascal Bacon until death
called him home, and he appointed
the Republican rascal Harvey. If
Bacon had not died, his meanness
never would have been discovered
by the Cleveland cabel. The Netcs
and Observer, by indirection brings
charges of dereliction of duty against
the administration as damaging as
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

North Carolina is ore of the rich,
est States in the union, if she only
could see herself as she is,-Her
possibilities are equal to those of any
State south, not excepting Alabama.
The soil and climate stands unsur-
passed ana her capabilities are be-
yond our conception. She nee Is
energy, economy, capital and self
reliance, with these well directed she
would soon stand in the front rank.
With q few hundred thousand dol
lars, we could take the Roanoke riv
er AMI its rich lands. and feel all
Germany, or Franc, or Russia, or
Austria or tAe Islands of the Seas.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29
WASTE LANDS.

We are told that the quickest;
easiest and most Inexpensive way
to reclaim and improve Old WORKOUT
exhausted lands Is to falloW deep,
harrow we'll and seed down in clever.
Now if we know anything, we know
something about farming and i'm
proving barren lands. Aud in the
first place we know that very poor
land will not grow clover. You may
pillow and harrow and SOW until
doomsday and you will never pro
duce q crop Of clover on these lands,
until you manure them not even
enough crop to aid in bringing the
land up to moderate pr0ductiYs-
ness. After your lands have been
improved to that State Of productive
ness which will grow clover, then We
admit yOu can by seeding and piO~-
ing in the crop OF clover keep your
lands up to high state Of CuItiva-
ton and increase their fertility. But
when a man talks Of growing clover
for manure on right poor land, we
feel sure he IS not we'll vcrSed in
raising clover and reclaiming worn
out lands, Rye, bucIlwheat and
peas are the only crops No know OI
that will grow on poor land; and
these grow much better Oh rich l4ud
But these will produce stalk anC
vine enough to add greatly to the
fertility of poor lands. We woult
advise to plant as much buckwhea
and peas as possible this month uI
tue poor spots and turn under jas
before frost and we would adVIsC
the sowing as much rye as possible
the last of August or the first o
September, Craze it all winter ant
let it grow next spring and pillow an
der green. Then we would advis
the planting of cornfeld peas ant
buckWheat as soon as the green ~
straw has well rotted and pIow Il
again in the fall just before frost
BY this process we know these ex
hausted lands can be reclaimed an
made fertile. The peas you ca
gather and the rye or let your hog
run on tilt will more than pay for th
seed and planting. After your Ian
has been gotten in good heart, yo
can Increase its CAPACITY for prod &c
ing crops by putting it in Glove
every fourth year and turn under tn
second crop after cutting the frs
But let no man SOW clover on poo
land expecting to make q crop, fc
he will be doomed TO sad disappoin
ment. We have never discOYere
anything that will do we'll on poo
land. BuckwheAt and rye Will d
better than anything else. y lit
stable manure well mixed wit
wood mould or dry swamp muck wi
add wonderfully to the productiv,
ness of poor lands. AS soon as 70
can get these lands to produc
vegetable matter, you can the
gradually improve them by re:
every year and planting in rye
peas, or clover IF strong enougI
and turning the straw or vines undt
to rot. Rest and fallow in the ia
is the best land recuoeratcr we hay
ever tried or heard of. 1t beat
gua.O out Of hollow. One hand an
one horse kept at work from Chris
mas to Christmas can keep fou
horse farm in good life by haulin
litter, muck, leaN e5 straw and otht
waste on the farm, in the lots an
stables and in the fields, and tli
Psys by all odds better than the Us
Of commercial fertilizers.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

TYoro conII he no error more dan. |
.otr,us than to assume that reap |
pointment must occur as matter of
course. heappolhtmchtS uhoer our
XIV q Il, - e t,,. '"5' NV sJ aa
who has drawn ronr ,e3Is' nav from
an office has any right to feel assn-
cd that he Will dra" 1t four years
mere Inc c'l'"9e7' I"eFe'o''' t';''
''''N> Il t'''}l
hoe., fnr tho mast ,art mod, H.,
turning the rascals out,"or BY tam
my any one else ort'-FX-
II TINS pf'd'lple IS not true then
hcINoiicaa form Oh government IS
compete iaIuf3' LIE very o"Ject
that "Sp!ei and brought INT" 'A's'
/ eeHce Ih'7 'oI"' oi COVER ""eil'' WAS
10 aIl3" frequent chan9e OF rulers
ana OFFICIALS ana permit as many peo-
administration Ct the aha'r7 OF tie
/ state 1H'9 l'[Ihc'i''1 an" I'"ciIce
lnAAe3 e"c" c'C'"eh leeI persona
interest Ill Lis gov v''''De"'' "l!'' Will
in& at ANY t''"1 70 give MS me III us
ueIohcc II "'iS NJ always 10 oe the
exception TO the ruIc where linen are
reapp"lnted. And to tie h'@Ac8 Oh
nee III the 2iiC ol the people, man
ought never 20 &c Ie-olecte' except
III c'sS9 ol s'e"C emergency III
times Oh wars anu civil CONNEXIONS
when IL might be dangerous TO
cnange the eXlStlhS ? oLlcY OF state
or na'Ioh' hu' In times OF profound
peace, Chere can oe no reasons In q
Democratic state 10 reappolht or re-
elect man 10 hlgh ONCE unless
others fully as competent and well
E quaIlhed cannot be found. From
tour TO SIX years is long enough for
a man to hold office without an In
terml8sIon, unless lt IS IN the United
>
States Senate and there we think
twelve years IN long enough, unless
the senator has developed extrAdln
airy ability and proved himself in
: valuable to the State and nation,
/ LOOK at Dele"are and New jersey
i the bayardS ana Naulsourys IN Tx
3 farmer have from the Foundation O
q the government occupied the Unitet
! States Senate as their right am
u property. In the latter state TIVE
families hIied the senate for NOR
r than fifty years. And these thing
q do not just so happy. They ar
brought about by rings and COmbin
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

Frequent Changes in officials and
frequent recurrence to fundamental
principles is the he'd rock, the foun-
dation stone, the sheet anchor of our
hopes AMI tn. life of our American
citizenship; take these away, and
you at once stamp out American In
centive to craftsmanship and deaden
the insl i alton and ambition OF all
ambitious citizens.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

I've welcome the President back
to his desk ard his own Surroundings
at the " hite House. Not that they
are more comfortable or more CHEEKY
than The fresh air and the loyal wei
come Of his old home, but that they
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

Turn about is fair play, so let the
rascals step down and out, and if
none but rascals can be found let
other rascals st p up end i'll.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

IWCi,il Service Reform.
JYNc prefer a Democrat TO Re-
publican of equal character.
ia No honest and true Rcpuhll-
cen asks 10 be retained, and none
other should be retained. In the
ssuth a sweep with clean broom
is demanded by all Democrats.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29

FRIDAY JULY %. 1887.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-29
COMPETIIION-:II1E LIFE OF TRADE !.
A word to the wise is sufficient, for here
they come to EdmondsOn & Josey's to get
the best goods for the least money.
No cheap shodiy goods stock, Value given for every
our of patronage warrants. We keep

GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and would do we'll call anything before buying We
of both Ladies' Gen shoes Low
prices any house shoes only
essential points, only firm tina ~' 7
MILES and EAGLE. HAND MADE SHOES. Every pair warranted
Remember hodly goods paper soes We not 4te'
day and to c''1
We mean what say will 30 VIII we agree.
We invite look CLOTHNG s4
Straw HATS We sell the DIAMOND sHIRT-he AMI .
made e money.
Just received large lot
We keep a full line OF
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
NO INTIMIDATION.
How q Country Constable Prepared Hin
self for q City Expedition.

How . Country Constable Prepared Him
self for q City Expedition.
There was country constable in
town Yesterday in search of a fugitive
from justice. The fugitive was boy
who was very lame in one leg and who
had lost three fingers from one hand.
The officer called at various places in
his search. and at the Third street
depot was inventoried by some of the
hackmen. That proceeding disclosed
the following stock on hand:
One big revolver.
One small revolver.
One pair of shackles.
One pair of handouts.
One ''cOme-along.
One policeman's baton.
One constable's star.
One warrant for small boy.
us he dangerous?" queried one Of
the hackmen. in speaking of the fugi-
tive.
Il don't know as to that" repliel
the officer. ''but here is the point.
Suppose arrest that boy on the street.
and after I've got him shackled and
hardcuffed a crowd jumps in on me
and wants to take him away. Dye
suppose I've come in here to be intim-
idated by any thing like two hundred
infuriated men? You bet l haven't"
Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
3 pUY5lDuI3
Filn.

The treatment Of many th0u1ndD Of ceDe1
o( those chronic weaknesses and diefrealiuG
ailments secular to females. at t11e InylH01
Hotel and Surgical Institute. Bu6al0, n. r.
- afforded . vHgt experience 1n nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of Wom3n1 peculiar u1alediea
D1. Rleree'0 Kav0fl1e PFeoeriRe1oa
= The oute!owth. o. RESULT Of thb @eae
and valuable experience. Thousands Of
tesfimnoials. received from patient. .ad
from phyuicianD Who have tested Il h the
more 6ggIav11ed and obstinate eaeeo which
I'D baf6ed their Ghin, provo E TO Be- the
Wo9 Woodefful remedy ever devised 1oe
tie relief and cure of suffering wUmen. lt
= not recommended - . ~cme-aA" bud
9 2 mos perfect Specific for vooans
A. . P0WeF1a1 inviSeEaelng eoo1es
: mpartB strength 70 the Woo3e 9y1eem,
oDd 20 the ufefuA Or womb oDd ~ oe
pendAgeA IN particular. For 0veEwofked.
WuEn0 run down" dehfliented teocA-
Ge Dt0f1eER dFennke1A 0eaD0eHeas
shop GtriA" hoQ0ekeepeEB. nuEofnG DceA-
1A 0Dd 1oooeo women ee0og11ys u.
psEeeis Ehvofite Hfesafpt3oo = the gFene-
ee earthly boon, being unequalled . a
0ppetizfnG cordial md restorative t0etc. Il
rgo0oees digestion and aBfmfln&3o0 Of too0.
Ah&eA W0WLDD
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
INVASION OF THE SEA !.

1As Slender Msa.s b WhieA tAs PsvR -
tie Ocean Il Rasistea
There arc portions Of the land along
the sea-coast where the waves are al
ways fighting for dominion. The
wearing away of the earth Is very
rapid unless these places are protected
by artificial dykes or BY natural en-
bankments Of sand. On the east coast
a England great changes have been
wrought within . few hundred years
Where the old maps of that coast ap-
pear incorrect, showing capes where
there are now bays. the want of accu-
racy to-day is not due to any fault of
the maps. The shore-line has greatly
changed, and villages and churches
have disappeared. or are now to be
seen under the waves
The most wonderful thing about all
this is the slender means by which the
power of the sea is resisted. A layer
of sand Of only few inches thickness.
wasLcd up upon the edge Of q marsh,
will bear all the pounding and beating
of the sea in a storm, and be made all
the firmer by what it has to endure.
And yet the same sand. when it is dry.
will drift before the wind like snow,
and will seem as poorly fitted for
breakwater as would snow-bank.
All along our Atlantic coast are to be
found beaches like those on the east
coast of England, which rest upon soft
mud. The means for preserving these
are as simple as the nature of the
beaches themselves, Grasses that will
grow in the sand. and will grow no
where else, give the only protection
that can be found, and. in most in
stances, all the protection that is
needed. The variety grown is called
Marum grass in England. The name
evidently means sea-grass.
This grass was constantly sown by
the Dutch on the sand-hills which line;
and it is altogether likely that the prao-
tice Of sowing it was introduced into
England from Holland in very early
times. There is said to be a wide
spread notion among the people of
Norfolk that some penalty attaches to
the gathering of Marum grass for any
purpose. This must be a tradition
from times when such laws were in
force. for there is no law providing .
penalty at present After a great
storm, in 1908. commissioners were
appointed to preserve the sea-banks on
the east coast, and it is likely they
made local rules and regulations for
the keeping Of the grass.
As nature provides very simple
means for holding the water and the
sand, SO the banks are threatened from
q quarter from which danger would
hardly be expected. When the water
is low the rats pierce the banks with
their holes, and these quickly enlarge
in the soft sand so that single rat-hole
may prove the destruction of miles of
embankment. One thing which is not
sufficiently taken into account by those
who are interested in dyking and re-
claiming marshes is that the peaty
soil. upon being drained, settles, and
brings the surface much lower than
before. Artificial dykes need to be
made with this result in Youths
Cnr,nnuiou